Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-01
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The State House Hotel is being painted
white.
There were no arrests made by the police
yesterday.
The Sacramento river receded to 20 feet
two inches yesterday.
A special train of eight carloads OF
oranges left for the East yesterday.
A meeting of the State Board of Educa-
ton will be held in this city to-day.
Justice ]. G. Bright, of Washington, has
been appointed Deputy Coroner for Yolo
county.
Woodland has recently organized Bar
Association, and next Saturday it proposes
to form Board of Trade.
The Raymond & Whitcomb excursion
party left for their daylight trip over the
mountains about A. NJ. yesterday.
The Dixon Driving Park Association has
arranged for two days racing thereto day
and to-morrow-and also picnic to-mor-
row.
The late Legislature increased the num-
Der of Notaries Public in this State 800.
The Governor to-day will issue $50 com
missions.
The steamer Dover cleared for the upper
Sacramento yesterday with merchandise,
and the San joaquin No. 4, for San Fran
cisco with grain.
Miss Lizzie Griffin has been elected
organist of the new Lodge of Knights and
Ladies of Honor, organized Wednesday
evening at Changers Hall.
The overland express went eastward in
two sections last night there being seven
palace cars and nine second-class cars. In
cluded in the latter were several carloads of
excursionists to the East.
The Police Commissioners will meet this
morning at 9 to elect force of policemen.
1t is understood that the Board have had a
meeting, something in the nature of eau
Gus, and that the members of the force
have been agreed upon.
There are many old-time weather
prophets who will tell you that when
March comes in like lamb it will go out
like lion" 1t won't work in this vicinity
this year. March came in like lamb and
went out like an old sheep.
As this is the first day of April, practical
jokes may be anticipated, while the small
boy and girl, prepared to ornament the
clothing of passers-by with whole men
agerie of impossible animals done in
chalk, Will be exceedingly numerous and
attentive.
R. G Dun & Co. report that the failure
statistics for the quarter ending March 81
1887, show Sc failures in San Francisco,
with S2S1 ,973.97 liabilities, and assets to
the amount of $113 43S II. In the balan; c
of California there were 90 failures, with
1927 ,53S 90 liabilities, and 1927 ,459 80 as
sets.
The highest and lowest Signal Service
temperature yesterday was 100 and 49o: it
was the warmest day this month. The
wind was fresh to gentle from the south
Weather clear to fair. Barometer rising up
to noon, when it stood at 30.16 inches, but
falling since that time; reading at o'clock
last night 5000 inches.
Chief of Police Dillman and Deputy
Postmaster Leake returned last evening
from San Francisco, TO which place they
had been summoned as witnesses in the
Schliemann case in the United States Dis
trict Court. They were not needed, how
ever. as the case was continued until next
week, another matter occupying the atten-
ton of the Court.
The case of the People VS.. All Leung
and others. charged with an assault to
murder China Joe" an interpreter, at
Woodland in August, 1885, which has
hung fire in Court SO long a time, is at
last on trial over there. c. T. Jones, of
this city, is assisting Ball & Craig in the
defense, while District Attorney Sprague
and G. P. Sprague appear for the people.
The Justices of the Supreme Court, pres
ent at the argument in the case of ?. A.
Miller VS.. Controller Dunn, having failed
to agree in a judgment, it has been ordered
that the submission be set aside and that
the cause be placed on the calendar to be
heard by all the Justices qualified to sit
therein. Miller sues to compel the Con
treller to drawn certain warrants in favor
of plaintiff for work performed several
years ago, under the Drainage Act.
The preliminary steps have been taken
for the organization of a branch of the
Grutly Verein-a Swiss benevolent society
lin this city. Benz. Steinauer, Joseph l..
Schiller, John Ruedy and Marti 0bsict
were appointed Committee of Organiza-
ton, at a meeting held at the New William
Tell House last Saturday evening. There
is but one branch of the Order fully in op-
Grafton in California, and it is located in
San Francisco. The branch TO be formed
here will doubtless obtain many members
from the adjoining counties.